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Can Overuse of Kambo Cause Psychosis?
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Can Overuse of Kambo Cause Psychosis?

Renitha Roy, Aparna Baranwal and Eduardo Espiridion
Curēus (Palo Alto, CA), v 10(6), e2770
09 Jun 2018
PMID: 30109163
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https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.2770View
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Abstract

General & Internal Medicine Life Sciences & Biomedicine Medicine, General & Internal Science & Technology
Kambo is an emerging ritual, which involves the application of the toxin produced by Phyllomedusa bicolor to a freshly burnt area to heal chronic diseases of the mind and body. Due to the widespread use of kambo, more cases of symptomatic health conditions are being discovered. In this case study, we report a patient with psychosis potentially due to the kambo ritual.

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